H1N1 improving the economy

Emergency rooms and doctor's offices are flooded with phone calls and patients related to the swine flu. For instance, four hospitals in Onondaga County, N.Y. saw an 11% spike in patients in September 2009 over the same month last year.

And while it's causing a fury in the health care industry, some analysts say there may be a few silver linings to the flu.

It appears out of the ashes of all those sniffles and fevers, the ailing economy is getting an unexpected -- but much needed -- boost from the double flu season. Here's a quick look at a couple unexpected economic impacts of this season's H1N1.